>This is the announcement you've all been waiting for. :-) > >Our "cluster team" is ready to accept requests from volunteers who >would like to help administer the new Surname Resource Clusters. To >volunteer yourself, use the form on this Web page: > >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/sponsors.html > >Important notes! > > * You *must* use this page to submit a request to administer the > cluster lists. No exceptions! We are anticipating hundreds or > thousands of requests. There's no way we could process them all > by hand; using the form is the only feasible way for us to take > requests. > > * Use this page *only* to volunteer for the new lists that were > created in the Surname Resource Clusters. If you want to create a > new list that doesn't yet exist, do it the old-fashioned way: > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/contributors/listrequest.html. > > * Do *not* e-mail list requests to the staff. Any e-mailed requests > will be ignored. If you e-mailed a staff member to volunteer for > a cluster list any time in the last few weeks, it didn't count; go > to the form and submit the request there. > > I'm sorry that we don't have any way for e-mail-only users to > volunteer. Inquire around at your local libraries, universities, > etc. to find out if you can borrow the use of a Web-equipped > computer for a few minutes. > > * It's going to take quite a while to sort out all of the requests, > all the more so because a couple of staffers are going to take > some *very* badly needed vacation days in the upcoming weeks. You > should get some feedback about the outcome of your request, one > way or another; please just have patience while we work through > them. > >Thanks for your cooperation, folks! > >-- >Regards, >Tim Pierce >RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative >system obfuscator and hack-of-all-trades > >